 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
published
adjective
1: prepared and printed for distribution and sale; "the
complete published works Dickens" [ant: {unpublished}]
2: formally made public; "published accounts" [syn: {promulgated}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Publish \Pub"lish\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Published}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Publishing}.] [F. publier, L. publicare, publicatum.
See {Public}, and {-ish}.]
1. To make public; to make known to mankind, or to people in
general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to
promulgate or proclaim, as a law or an edict.
Published was the bounty of her name. --Chaucer.
The unwearied sun, from day to day,
Does his Creator's power display,
And publishes to every land
The work of an almighty hand. --Addison.
2. To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as,
to publish banns of marriage.
3. To send forth, as a book, newspaper, musical piece, or
other printed work, either for sale or for general
distribution; to print, and issue from the press.
4. To utter, or put into circulation; as, to publish
counterfeit paper. [U.S.]
{To publish a will} (Law), to acknowledge it before the
witnesses as the testator's last will and testament.
Syn: To announce; proclaim; advertise; declare; promulgate;
disclose; divulge; reveal. See {Announce}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "published":
accessible, affirmed, announced, broadcast, brought to notice,
circulated, common knowledge, common property, current, declared,
diffused, disseminated, distributed, in circulation, in print,
made public, open, proclaimed, propagated, public, reported,
spread, stated, telecast, televised
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